Stand for musical instruments



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Patented July 9, 1935 a :7 l s UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ISTANDronmusrcAr. INSTRUMENTS Albion Slayton Lang, Roslindale, Mass.

1 Application February 7,1935, Serial No. 5,489

IClaimS. (o1. 248-:--167) This invention relates to stands for musicaling the wayin which the saxophone-holding yokes instruments andparticularly to stands or supare attachedto the supporting stand orupright. ports designed to hold a saxophone or like in- Fig. 6 is afragmentary perspective View of the strument" and a clarinet, oboe,English horn, foot portion of the saxophone-supporting eletrumpet, fluteor other similar instruments hav ment. v Q

ing an open endand adapted tobe supported on Fig. '7 is a perspectiveview of one of the bars an upright peg. l g forming part. ofthe'support. J

Many orchestras are also organized so that Fig. 8 is a'fragmentaryperspective view illus- .one'or moreiof, the players are expected toplay trating the means for'attaching the rest Hi to lo botha saxophoneand some other instrument the upright;

such asa clarinet, or a flute, and the stand or Fig. 9 isa fragmentaryperspective view of the support to which this invention relates is onepost for supporting a clarinetor like instrument.

adapted to support both a saxophone and one j Fig. 10 is a perspectiveview of the base memor more instruments such as mentioned above her.

so that the player can readily select from the Asstated abovea musicalinstrument stand stand the instrument which he is called on to mbody myinvention is made in units which play at anytime. T may be used singlyormay be coupled together One-of the'objects of my invention isto protoproduce aduplex or multiplex stand, Each vide a musical instrument standwhich is made unit comprises abase member I which may be ofinunit'a-each of which units is adapted to supwood, metal or any othersuitable material, a 20 port'a saxophone or' similar instrument andcross member 2 in the form of a bar which exone or more instruments suchas a clarinet, flute, tends transversely of the base member land isoboe, etc., such units being so constructedthat superposed thereon andwhich servesto provide a two" ormore units can be readily coupled towidebase for the stand and also to support ingether to produce a multi-unitstand which will strument-supporting pegs 1,, and a saxophonesupport aplurality of instruments of the saxosupporting element 3 which isdetachably secured phone type and also a plurality of other instruto thebase I and is designed to support a saxoments such as the clarinet,flute, oboe, etc. phone. v

A further object of the invention is to provide Theposts or pegs I whichare designed to supa musical instrument stand of this construction :porta clarinet, oboe, flute or any other instru- 30 which is madeof separateelements detachably ment having an open end which can be placed securedtogether so that the stand may be readily over the peg, are detachablysecured to the cross taken down ar idgpacked in the instrument casemember 2. Each peg 'is provided in its bottom -for transportation. witha depending screw-threaded stud 8 which is e Other objects of theinventionare to improve adapted to extend through one of the slots 5, t5

musical instrument stands in various partic- :and to receivea clampingnut 9 by whichthe peg ularshereinafter set forth. or post 1 isdetachably secured to the cross mem- In the drawings wherein Ihaveillustratedone ber; I embodiment of my invention; Thesaxophone-supporting member 3 comprises.

0 Fig. ;1 shows asingle unit adapted to support the upright or standardIll which is formed at 40 a saxophoneand having one or more pegs to'supits lower end with two oppositely directed foot I port a clarinet,oboe, flute, trumpet or similar inportions ll, l2 the foot portion Hhaving. a slot strunient. l3 formed in its end which extendslongitudinally Fig. 2 is a view showing one way in which twothereof,,and the foot portion 52 havinga slot M units may be coupledtogether to make a duplex fadjacentits end which extends transverselythere- 5 Fig. 3 is a perspec unit adapted to support two saxophones andof. The upper part of the saxophone-supporting having two pegs forsupporting a clarinet, flute element is preferably bent backwardly andat the l or other instrument of the type 'Which can be upper extremitythereof is a U-shaped yoke memsupported on a peg. ber l5 adapted toreceive the bell end of the saxotive view showing a different phone.'The saxophone-supporting member is 50 wayinwhich the two units may becoupled toalso provided intermediate of its ends with a gether toproduceaduplex stand. U-shaped rest I6 against which the body of the Fig. 4 isan enlarged section on the line 44 saxophone rests. The yoke member I5is de- Fig. 1. tachablyclamped to the standard 3 as shown in Fig. 5 isafragmentary perspective'view show- Fig. 5 Theupper end of the standard 3is pro- 55 vided with a slot IT and the yoke I5 has a screwthreaded studI8 extending therefrom which is adapted to enter said slot, the yoke I5being clamped to the standard 3 by the clamping nut I9. The clampingmeans for the yoke member I5 is preferably provided with twointerengaging portions which co-operate to positively prevent the yokefrom turning on the supporting member 3. In the construction shown thestud I8 has the flat sided portion 38 of a size to fit between the wallsof the slot I1. The flat sides 38 and the walls of the slot constitutethe interengaging portions which positively prevent turning movement ofthe rest I5 on the supporting member 3- when the clamping nut I9 istightened up. In this Way the rest I5 will always be held firmly in itscorrect position. By loosening the nut I9 sufiiciently to withdraw theflat portion of the stud from the slot it is possible to turn the restI5 into a position in line with the stem 3 and then to tighten it againin such position when the instrument is taken down for packing orshipment. A similar construction may be employed for securing the restI6 to the standard 3.

The base member I carries two clamping bolts 20, 23 which mayconveniently be permanently anchored in said base members. For thispurpose each clamping bolt is shown as inserted through the base memberfrom the under side and as having an anchoringnut 3| screw-threadedthereto, said nut preferably being received in a recess formed in thebase member so that the top of the nut will not project above the uppersurface of the base member. 7

In assembling the elements to make a single unit as shown in Fig. 1 thecross member 2 is placed in a position overlying the base I and withthecentral slot 5 thereof receiving the clamping stud 20. Thesaxophone-supporting member ID is then placed in position with the footII resting on the base member and the slot I3 therein receiving theclamping bolt 23 and with the foot I2 resting on the cross member 2 andthe slot I4 thereof receiving the clamping bolt 20. The clamping nut 22carried by the clamping bolt 20 and also the clamping nut 25 carried bythe bolt 23 are then tightened, the tightening of these nuts serving toclamp the feet II and I2 and the cross member 2 firmly to the basemember I. A post or peg I may then be attached to one or both ends ofthe cross members by entering the screw-threaded stud 8 of the peg intothe slot 6 and then tightening the clamping nut 9. Since the pegs I aredetachable from the cross member it is possible to use a peg I such asshown in Fig. 1 which is adapted to enter the bell end of a clarinet,oboe, trumpet or the like or to use a peg such as shown at Ia which isdesigned to support a flute. A unit constructed as above is adapted tosupport one saxophone and one or two other instruments such as aclarinet, oboe, trumpet, flute, etc. depending upon whether the crossmember I carries one or two of the instrumentsupporting pegs and thecharacter of such pegs. If it is desired that the stand should supporttwo saxophones then two of the units such as shown in Fig. 1 may becoupled together to produce a duplex stand such as shown in Fig. 2. Thisis done by taking the two units and placing them with their base membersin parallel relation but spaced apart and with one end of the crossmember of each unit in position to be clamped to the base member of theother unit.

In Fig. 2 the base member of the second unit is shown at Ia, and thecross member of said second unit is shown at 2a and the saxophonesupport of said second unit is shown at 30. The end of the cross member2 of the first unit overlies the base member I a of the second unit andextends underneath the foot IZa of the saxophone support 3a of saidsecond unit. The clamping bolt 20a of said second unit extends throughthe slot 6 at the end of the cross member 2 and also through the slot inthe foot I2a of the second unit.

The cross member 2a 0!. the second unit is placed on the base Ia of saidunit with the central slot thereof engaging the clamping bolt 23a. ofsaid second unit, and the outer end of the cross member 2a overlies thebase I of the first unit and the clamping bolt 23 of the first unitextends through the slot 6 at the end of said cross member 2a. When thenuts 22a and 250. are tightened the two units will be firmly clampedtogether as shown in Fig. 2.. The outer or projecting endsof the crossmembers 2 and 2a may have instrument-supporting pegs secured thereto asshown, either one having a cone shape shown at 'I' and adapted toreceive a clarinet or an instrument having a similar bell end, or onehaving a cylindrical shape as shown at Ia and constructed'to enter theopen end of and support aiiute. The duplex stand shown in Fig. 2 willthus support two saxophones and two other musical "instruments. Anotherway in which the two units may be coupled together to makea duplex unitis shown in Fig. 3. In this embodiment-the two base members I and Id ofthe two units are spaced apart the full length of the cross members 2,2a and the ends of the cross members are clamped to the base members bythe clamping bolts 20,23, 20a, 23a. In this embodiment also the two pegsI'are detachably secured to the central portions of the two crossmembers 2-, 2a by insertingthe screw-threaded studs 01' said posts 1into the central slots 5' and tightening the corresponding clamping nuts9.

In this embodiment of the invention the clarinets will be supportedbetween the saxophones, while in the arrangement shown in Fig. 2 thesaxophones are shown supported between the clarinets. V

If it is desired to provide a stand for supporting more than twosaxophones, then three or more units may be coupled together to producea multiple unit stand of any desired size.

The clarinet-supporting posts'l are shown as formed with a bottom flangeon which the clarinet rests. This flange may be in the form of a disk 30through which the screw-threaded stem 8 extends and which is somewhatlarger than the lower end of the posts 1.

I claim:

l. A stand for musical instruments presenting a stand unit having asupporting base including a base member to rest on the floor and havingtwo studs projecting upwardly therefrom and a cross member superposed onthe base member and extending transversely thereof, said cross memberhaving a slot to receive one of said studs and also having downwardlybent ends constituting supporting feet, a saxophone support having twooppositely directed foot portions, each having a slot to receive one ofsaid threaded studs, clamping nuts on said studs, and each end of thecross member having a slot adapted to receive a threaded stud from aninstrument-supporting peg, thereby forming a single unit, or to receivethe threaded stud of a base member of a second similar unit, therebyforming a duplex or multiple unit stand. 7

2,. A stand for musical instruments presenting a stand unit having asupporting base which comprisesa base member adapted to rest on thefloor and having a threaded stud projecting upwardly therefrom, a crossmember superposed on thebase member and extending transversely thereof,said cross member having a slot to receive said stud and havingdownturned ends to form supporting feet, a saxophonesupport having afoot portion provided with a, slot toreceive said stud, a clamping'nutcarried by the stud for clamping the foot portion and cross member tothe base member, each end of said cross member having a slot to receivea threaded stud from an instrument-supporting device or to receive thethreaded stud of a second similar unit thereby forming a duplex ormultiple unit stand.

3. A musical instrument stand presenting a stand unit having a basemember to rest on the floor; a cross member superposed on the basemember and extending transversely thereof, said cross member havingdownturned ends to form supporting feet, means for detachably securingan instrument support and the cross member to the base member,instrument-supporting means secured to one end of the cross member, theother end of the cross member having provision for vdetachably engagingthe instrument-securing means carried by the base member of a secondsimilar unit, thereby forming a duplex or twounit stand. 3

4. A stand for musicalinstruments having a supporting base, a saxophonesupport secured to said base and rising therefrom, said saxophonesupport comprising a stem having a slot at its upper end a U-shaped restto receive the bell end of the saxophone, said U-shaped rest having athreaded stud extending therefrom adapted to be entered into said slot,a clamping nut screw-' threaded to said stud for clamping the rest tothe stem, the portion of the stud reecived in the slot having flat facesto engage the opposite walls of the slot.

ALBION SLAYTON LANG.

